Extended Family Session | Worth Every Second

Susan contacted me wanting to do an extended family session while her daughter-in-law and granddaughter were in town visiting from Colorado. Susan’s daughter lives locally (I’ve known her through a close mutual friend for years!). She recently had a new baby boy, so there were many special reasons for this session. I wanted to do this session so badly, but I was leaving town and Susan’s family was coming into town. Luckily my plane didn’t head out until late afternoon, so we worked it out to where we could do the session that morning before I left!

We originally planned to do the session in an open field, but with all the Florida rain, it was very wet and muddy. Instead, we ended up at another close spot with a paved walkway so we didn’t have to worry about it being too wet. It was hot and muggy in true Florida fashion, but getting there and doing the session early helped some.

You would never know that this was the first time Stella and Emmitt had met each other. They seemed to be long-time best cousins! They were so cute playing together and being so sweet holding baby Lincoln. I loved getting to capture Susan with some of her grandchildren. Although these aren’t all of her grandchildren (she has others that live out of town), you could just see the love oozing from her. She was soaking up every single moment she could spend with them.

Time
spent with family
is worth every
second

What’s your favorite family activity? Any time we can be together! Which is almost impossible.
Tell me about your favorite parts of our session, or why you enjoyed the session. I really enjoyed having special memories of having Sarah here for the first time in many years and my Stella’s first visit to FL! Christina had not seen her since she was an infant and Josh had never met her. I also loved that Christina n Josh were able to capture some family photos.
Tell me about the outfits you wore to the shoot. We tried to keep it simple! I had bought cute little outfits for the kids and we tried to stay in the same color range! Can’t go wrong with Red/white/Blue.
What are some words of wisdom you have for other families preparing for a session? Relax, keep things as simple as possible and enjoy your time together! One of our favorites was the blanket game! You can see on the faces of both adults n kids, how much fun it was for all of us!